Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Mar 1, 1988 (17 killed)
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on March 1, 1988 near Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa with 17 fatalities. Cause: An in flight explosion caused by...
- Date: March 1, 1988
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa
- Fatalities: 17
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: An in flight explosion caused by a bomb carried aboard the aircraft.
Comair Flight 206, an Embraer Bandeirante from Phalaborwa to Johannesburg, broke up after an in flight explosion while approaching Johannesburg Jan Smuts Airport and crashed in Germiston. All 17 people aboard died.